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C. S. WRIGHT.

KNIFE GUARD.

Patented Oct. 6, 1891;

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UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. VRTGHT, OF SKANEATELES, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ELLA M. VRIGHT, OF SAME PLACE.

KNIFE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,928, dated October 6, 1891.

Application tiled December 8, 1890. Serial No. 373.945. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: large enough to extend over any ordinary .lie it known that I, CHARLES S. VRIGHL, cheese, is mounted centrally on the base A, of Skaneateles, in the coun-ty of Onondagav the frame having feet C, which are secured and State of New York,have invented a new to the base, and the central portion of the and Improved Knife-Guard, of which the folframe is thickened and perforated, as shown 55 lowing is a full, clear, and exact description. at c, to receive the center tube E, and has re- My invention relates to improvements in cesses through which the lugs d d, hereinafter knife-guards, the guard being intended for 1nentioned,passin putting the parts together. use in cutting cheese. Every retailer ofcheese A bent guard D is affixed to the base A in to knows thata great quantity of cheescis wasted such a manner that it will be at right angles 6o in cutting, as the cheese cruinbles away beto the frame C, the said guard having a suitneath the knife, and the irregular movement able foot D', which is secured to the base A, of the knife also scrapes away considerable and having its innerend formed into a washer portions of the cheese; and the object of my D2, which carries a short tube D3, having proinvention is to produce a guard which may jecting lugs d on the outside and grooves d' 65 be convenientlyadapted toacheeseand which on the inside to receive the lugs on the cen will serve to guide the cheese-knife, so that ter tube E. The guard D has also near the the cheese may be neat-ly, easily, and accubottom aspring-boltdQ, which extendsthrough rately cut, without waste. it and engages the teeth on the plate or table zo To this end my invention consistsin aknife- B, and which thus prevents the table from 7o guard constructed substantially as herenturning. after described and claimed. A vertical standard or post, consisting,

Reference is to be had to the accompanying preferably, of a tube E, is adapted to extend drawings, forminga partof this specification, vertically through the short tube D3 in the in which similar letters of reference indicate thickened portion c of the frame C, the said 75 corresponding parts in all the figures. tube having a vertical slot E', extending Figure lis a perspective view showing the throughout its entire length and having at guard and the attachments used therewith, the bottom a pin c, which extends downward as applied to a cheese, a portion of the cheese through the table or plate B and bushing G 3o being' cut away to expose the knife and its and forms the axis on which the table turns. So guides. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section A grooved bar, reduced at the lower end to through the cheese and through the pivoted forni the pin c, may be substituted for the parts of the frame and guard. Fig. is a deslotted tube E. The slot in the center tube tailperspective View of the main frame, which E is made to align with the slot in the guard extends over the cheese; and Fig. a is a de- D, and in order that it may beheld in this 85 tail View of the knife-guard, the central tube, position the tube is provided at the top on and the washer for fastening the parts toopposite sides with lugs c, which enter the gether. grooves d in the tube D5.

The device is provided withabase A, which \Vhen the device is set up, the frame C is 4o is adapted to rest upon any convenient supsecured to the base A, as described, and the 9o port, and pivoted on the top of the hase is a guard D is likewise secured to the base with circular plate or table l, around the edge of the tube D3, extending upward through the which are teeth b, the table B being provided perforation in the frame C, and a cheese is with the usual casters or bearings. lhe table then slipped upon the table or plate B from B is pivoted on base A by a hollow bushing the back of the frame, and the center tube E 95 G, which extends down through the table and is then forced downward through the tube base and has a ange at its upper end, which D3, so that the pin c on the lower end of the is embedded in the upper surface of the table tube will project through the bushing in the and firmly secured thereto. center of the plate B, and the lugs c will en- An inverted-Ushaped frame C, which is ter the grooves d of the tube D3.l A washer roo F is then placed over the tube D3, so as to lock the parts of the device together, the washer having notches f to enable it to be placed over the lugs d, and after the Washer passes beneath the lugs it is turned so as to throw the notches out of alignment with the lugs.

Instead of ward through the cheese, a slice inay be cut from the cheese, as shown in Fig. l, thus affording space for the center tube, and it may then be easilyv placed in position.

To operate the device, the spring-bolt d2 is pulled out and the table or plate B turned so that a desired portion of the cheese will come beneath the slotted guard D, and. the blade of a cheese-knife J is then inserted in the upper portion of the slot in the guard and forced inward through the slot until the point enters the slot in the tube E, the guard D serving to guide the knife to the slot in the center tube; The knife is then forced downward through the cheese in the usual inanner, and it will be guided the entire dist-ance by the slot in theguard D, so that a smooth even slice will be cut.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that. the cheese may be easily brought into a position to cut a slice of any desired size and that when the cutis made, the knife being guided at both ends in the manner described, will cut evenly through the cheese, so that there will be no crumbling orwaste.

Having thus fully described myinvention,I claim as new and desire to secure by lLetters Patentl. A knife-guard of the character described, comprising a base, a revoluble plate pivoted thereon, a locking device for the plate, a

forcing the center tube E downl frame secured to the base and extending'over the plate, an angular slotted guard having ,one end centrally secured to the frame and the opposite end secured to the base, and a slotted center post extending centrally through the plate and having its upper end held at the junction of the frame and guard, substantially as' described.

2. A knifeguard of the character described, comprising a base, a revoluble plate mounted thereon and provided with a toothed edge, an inverted-U -shaped frame secured to the base and extending over the plate, an angular slotted guard having one end secured to the frame and the opposite end to the base, a spring-bolt mounted in the guard and adapted to engage the teeth of the plate, and a slotted center-post extending centrally through the plate and connecting with the frame at its junction with the guard, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a slotted centerpost and a slotted guard connected therewith, said guard having a spring-bolt therein, of a plate pivoted on the post and provided with teeth upon its edge,substantially as described.

4L. The coinbination,with the main frame having a central perforation therein, the slotted guard having its upper end formed into a vertical tube provided on the outside with lugs and on the inside with grooves, and the center-post having lugs to fit the grooves of the guard-tube, of the washer having notches therein to receive thelugs of the guard-tube, substantially as described.

CHARLES S. VRIGHT. Witnesses:

GEO. H. WIoKs, LUoIAN MAX. 

